Tag Archives: Prayer

Lent Prayer 9 – March 13

Lent Prayer 9 I find temptation to be my teacher.   that I am not yet as noble as I kid myself   nor as strong, yet you give me another chance   to get it right today and soldier … Continue reading

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Lent Prayer 8 – March 12

Lent Prayer 8 Jesus Mary and Joseph, Moses Mohammed and Buddha   the history books lie when they leave you out   as if all those lives never found life   or shaped the world, in and through you.   … Continue reading

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Lent Prayer 7 – March 11

Lent Prayer 7 hunger builds up Lord for more than I need,   while others go needing for less than I crave.   may my fast be one of the heart and the body   teach me to want what … Continue reading

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Lent Prayer 6 – March 10

Lent Prayer 6 dark night, black yet calm. like the inside of a soul that has not yet seen the light but knows that it is coming.   thank you Lord for the impulse of creation.   ————

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Lent Prayer 5 – March 9

Lent Prayer 5 the sun shines on my frozen world the ice melting through.   may it be so with my heart. ——————-

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Lent Prayer 4 – March 8

Lent Prayer 4  I’ve fallen and I can’t get up…   I’ve fallen and I can’t get up…   I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.   please Lord… help me up. —————-  

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Lent Prayer 3 – March 7

Lent Prayer 3 Let me this day be open to what I can let go of and what needs to be taken up. ———————

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Lent Prayer 2 – March 6

Lent Prayer 2 Failures, a part of our stories whose burden we bear, by whose grace we have grown.   I give thanks to you Lord for these moments, these graces, that touched down in my life along the way … Continue reading

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Lent Prayer 1 – March 5

Lent Prayer 1 Ashes speak to me of what matters and what does not.   Remind me of the heart of my heart and that I and the ones I love   are more than what will dribble into the … Continue reading

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a door opened – February 28

2.28.2014 a door opened a stair climbed when do we find the way to heaven.   a path blocked a sign missed how far do we fall on the way down.   grace needed more than striving a break a … Continue reading

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